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The Civil Guard gives an off-road vehicle driving course to CSIC staff

On January 31 and February 1 and 2, 2022, CSIC staff from the Doñana Biological Station, the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology, as well as the CSIC Occupational Risk Prevention Service in Seville, has attended the off-road vehicle driving sessions, carried out at the Civil Guard Traffic School in Mérida (Badajoz). The activity has had the participation of different instructors from the Traffic School of the Civil Guard, who have explained to the CSIC staff several aspects about the ergonomics of the vehicle, the necessary equipment and its use in field-work. The verification of the vehicle before and after its use and the management of the different options available to the different models for driving in different type of roads and circunstances has been part of the contents of the course. The students have been able to put these explanations into practice, devoting part of the course to active driving, assisted by instructors. An important and necessary initiative that allows scientific and technical staff to be trained in driving this type of vehicles, essential for the development of many of the current research activities.